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This article is about the Korean TV show. For the Palestinian reality program, see The President (TV series). For other uses, see President (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with The President Show.
The President
Promotional poster
GenreDrama, Political
Written bySon Young-mok
Jung Hyun-min
Son Ji-hye
Directed byKim Hyung-il
StarringChoi Soo-jong
Ha Hee-ra
Country of originSouth Korea
No. of episodes20
Production
ProducersShin Chang-suk
Kim Sang-hwi
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeWednesdays and Thursdays at 21:05 (KST)
Original release
NetworkKBS 2TV
Release15 December 2010 (2010-12-15) –
24 February 2011 (2011-02-24)
Korean name
Hangul
프레지던트
Revised RomanizationPeurejideonteu
McCune–ReischauerP‘ŭrejidŏnt‘ŭ

The President (Korean: 프레지던트; RR: Peurejideonteu; lit. President) is a South Korean television series starring real-life married couple Choi Soo-jong and Ha Hee-ra as Korea's president and his first lady. This is their first acting collaboration. It aired on KBS2 from December 15, 2010 to February 24, 2011 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:05 for 24 episodes.[1][2]

Plot

The drama follows the presidential election process to shed light on the right way of politics, the qualifications of a future Korean president, and also the personal tribulations and ambitions of politicians hidden behind the power struggles. Three months before the presidential nominating convention, Jang Il-joon, from the New Wave Party, declared his candidacy. On that same day, a woman died in a gas explosion in Sam-Chuk. There is little doubt that the accident and the nomination of Jang Il-joon are related. Meanwhile, Yoo Min-ki, a documentary producer, heard of his mother's sudden death and headed for Sam-Chuk. As he cast his mother's ashes in the sea, he thought of his childhood: his father always blurt out that Min-ki was not his own son whenever he was drunk. Min-ki believed that his father was telling the truth because he had seen his mother tearing up and looking at an old photograph of a man often. Min-ki discovered that the photograph was gone when he was cleaning up his mother's belongings. After the funeral, Min-ki returned to Seoul and Jang Il-joon asked Min-ki to work as a PR agent to record the election campaign process. Min-ki asked Il-joon why he was chosen, and Il-joon confessed that Min-ki was his son. The man in the picture Min-ki had seen was Jang Il-joon. However, Min-ki felt something had gone wrong as he realized that the picture had disappeared. Now Min-ki suspects that his mother's death was not an accident and that Jang Il-joon had actually killed her.

Casts

References

  1. ^ Han, Sang-hee (10 December 2010). "Star couple shows presidential life". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  2. ^ Lee, Ga-on (10 December 2010). "PREVIEW: KBS TV series PRESIDENT". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  3. ^ Kim, Heidi (8 November 2011). "Super Junior Sungmin cast in new drama President". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-03-29.

External links

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